Lincoln enters into a law partnership with John T. Stuart. In a newspaper advertisement, the partners announce that they will "practice conjointly, in the Courts of this Judicial Circuit." Their office is located at "No. 4 Hoffman's Row, upstairs," in Springfield. In a separate advertisement, Stuart and Henry E. Dummer announce that their "partnership . . . has been dissolved by mutual consent." Sangamo Journal (Springfield, IL), 15 April 1837, 3:2.